17.15.1.78 settings

This element specifies the settings that are applied to a WordprocessingML document. This element is the root element of the Document Settings part in a WordprocessingML document.

[Example: Consider the following WordprocessingML fragment for the settings part of a document:

<w:settings>
  <w:defaultTabStop w:val="720" />
  <w:characterSpacingControl w:val="doNotCompress" />
</w:settings>

The settings element contains all of the settings for this document. In this case, the two settings applied are automatic tab stop increments of 0.5" using the defaultTabStop element, and no character level whitespace compression using the characterSpacingControl element. end example]

[Note: The W3C XML Schema definition of this element’s content model (CT_Settings) is located in A.1. end note]